March 11, 2009

Baby Signs

Baby girl can sign. Want to see? Click on the video above. She has been doing it since she was 7 months. Now she is two. She talks more than she signs now and that makes me happy and sad. I love hearing her talk, but I liked the secrecy signing provided us. We'd be in the waiting room of a pediatrician's office and I'd see a fish tank and do the sign for fish. She'd nod. I'd do a fishy face and sign "mommy fish" and she'd giggle. No one knew the joke but us. Awesome! Also awesome was when she was able to tell the pediatrician where her pain was (in her ear) at 14 months, thus diagnosing her own otitis media. Actually she told Grandma who was baby sitting her for a week while I was out of town. She told me on the phone what sign she was doing and I told her what that sign meant. So it was a group effort. Still amazing to me (and the pediatrics clinic at U of I hospital).

The other kids learned to sign along with us. And by saying we sign I mean we all know about the same 50 signs- we are by no means fluent. So now in church I can sign to the kids 'no, sit-down, stop, share, or you're dead!' That dead part is really Christ-like in church. I'm glad the Bishop's wife taught me that one. Well I hope you enjoy the video. I have been trying for almost an entire day to get it to work. The computers are suffering from T's absence lately. We all need him to come home.

7 comments:

Very, very cute! I love signing! I think it makes the biggest difference in comunicating with the kids. Emery doesn't sign as much any more either because she can talk instead. I am like you though. It is kind of sad but great that she can talk as well. It is so fun seeing video's of your kids. It is kind of crazy because we almost named Emery Eliza too, and they are pretty close in age as well. I love the name! It is now Emery's middle name instead. Your little one sure is adorable. I love her curls! She's a smart one just like her mom and dad.

Not sure Eileen. I have been having techy trouble all day with this darn thing. Guess I don't post videos too often. Perhaps you were checking when I was re-posting it since the first try cut off the end. That's why it is in two different posts now. Sigh!

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